Most Popular Bible Verses in Matthew 23

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Verse ConceptsCrowdsChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleship

Then spake Jesus to the people, and to his disciples,

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Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in.

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Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfThe PopeSpiritual FathersOur Father In HeavenCallingFathersDadsBeing A Good FatherParents Being Wrongculturefatherhood

And call ye no man your father upon the earth, for there is but one, your father, and he is in heaven.

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Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood

But ye shall not suffer yourselves to be called Rabbi, for one is your master, that is, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren.

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Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ChristCleaningFirst ActionsInside And OutThe Inward BeingCleanlinessPurityFocusInner Beautycleansingmathpharisees

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean.

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Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous

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Verse ConceptsFloggingMediatorSuffering, Of BelieversTownCharacter AssassinationBeating BelieversCrucifiedKilling Will HappenOthers CrucifiedWise Men In The Church

"Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

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Verse ConceptsChildren Of EvilKilling ProphetsWitness Against OneselfProphets Killedprophetstestifying

So then: ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them, which killed the prophets.

533
Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

Behold, Your habitation shall be left unto you desolate.

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Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which compass sea and land, to bring one into your belief: and when he is brought, ye make him twofold more the child of hell, than ye yourselves are.

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Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

All their works they do, for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garments,

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Verse ConceptsNot Seeing ChristThe Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

For I say unto you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till that ye say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

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Verse ConceptsSheddingAncestorsKilling ProphetsProphets KilledTimes Of People

and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.'

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Verse ConceptsFingersYokesBindingJoining ThingsShouldersHeavy BurdensFingers Of PeopleNo Helprelaxationweight

Yea, and they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders: but they themselves will not heave at them with one of their fingers.

660
Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesLack Of DiscriminationSievingflyingbugsknots

Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

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Verse ConceptsInconsistencyHypocrites, Description OfNot Imitating EvilWhat Do They Do?Mere TalkKeeping Man's WordObeying Peoplepracticefollowingpharisees

All therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but after their works do not: for they say, and do not.

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Verse ConceptsLegalismHypocrites, Description OfProfessingAge DiscriminationNot Helping WidowsToo Many WordsHypocritesHypocrisy

Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, for ye devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of praying long prayers, wherefore ye shall receive greater damnation.

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Verily I say unto you, all these things shall light upon this generation.

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Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.'

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Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

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Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

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Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsMealsLoving Other ThingsSeeking Honourimportance

and love to sit uppermost at feasts, and to have the chief seats in the synagogues,

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Verse ConceptsHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Sitting In GlorySwearing BySwearing

And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

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Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

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Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsMarketplacesSpoken Greetingsrecognition

and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, 'Rabbi.'

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Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongOffering SacrificesUnimportant ThingsSwearing

And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.'

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Verse ConceptsStatus Of The TempleSwearing BySwearing

And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

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Verse ConceptsSwearing BySwearing

Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is.